How to build an Intranet portal in SharePoint using out of the box features

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HOW TO BUILD AN INTRANETPORTAL IN SHAREPOINT

USING OUT OF THE BOX FEATURES

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Gregory Zelfond 10+ years of experience with SharePoint SharePoint Advocate, blogger Love to solve business problems using code-free, out of

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Agenda

– Intranet Portal Objectives

– Elements of Intranet Portal

– Demo

– Q & A


What is the problem you are trying to solve?

What is Intranet?“An internal website that helps employees get stuff done”

What does Intranet mean to you?– Document Management System

– Department Sites

– Project Sites

– Wiki

– One Stop Shop for all Employees


Things to keep in mind…

SharePoint maturity within an organization

Know your audience

User Adoption & Training


Why SharePoint?

BEFORE– Intranet Site/Pages (3rd party tool)

– File Shares/Network Drives (within company firewall)

– External sharing apps (DropBox)

– Project Management Software (3rd party Software-as-a-Service/SaaS)

– Manual Processes/Forms (HR Onboarding, etc.)

– Employee Directory (Contacts) stored in Excel

– CRM managed in Excel


Why SharePoint?, AFTER (a single platform)


Intranet Portal Elements

1. Company Culture content

2. Collaboration content

3. Usability


“Company Culture” Content

News and Announcements

Calendar of Events

Company Contacts/Org Chart

Pictures/Videos


“Collaboration” Content

Department Sites

Project Sites

Team Sites

IT Help Desk

Vacation Requests Approval

Templates/Policies/Forms Library


Usability

(Friendly) Navigation

Search (that makes sense)

Social aspect (social media features)

(Consistent) Branding


Intranet Homepage


Employee Directory


Department Site


IT Help Desk


Sales (display Excel files)


Policies Document Management System


Project Management Office


Project/Team Site


Intranet Search


“How To” Blog URLs

How to create drop-down Navigation

How to add SharePoint Tiles to your site

How to manage SharePoint Implementation

SharePoint Department Site Example

How to add a Video in SharePoint

How to create an Org Chart in SharePoint

How to create a SharePoint Project Site

http://sharepointmaven.com/4-ways-create-drop-navigation-sharepoint/

http://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-add-sharepoint-tiles-promoted-links-to-your-site/

http://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-manage-sharepoint-implementation/

http://sharepointmaven.com/sharepoint-department-site-template/

http://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-add-a-video-in-sharepoint/

http://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-create-an-org-chart-in-sharepoint/

http://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-create-sharepoint-project-site/


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